Variety of security protocols to choose from
Install the app in under a minute
Unlimited simultaneous connections
Good geographic diversity of servers
Highly customizable connection settings
Dated interface
Few additional privacy features
No publicly released audits
Using a virtual private network (or VPN) can help improve your privacy by making it harder to track what you do online and keeping your ISP from monitoring your activities. IPVanish VPN provides good value, allowing subscribers to use as many devices as they want at the same time. It also offers a widespread array of servers across the globe, covering some regions ignored by competitors. While its interface gives you fine-grained control of your VPN connection, it's neither modern nor particularly pleasant to use. More concerning is that the service does not offer the depth of privacy features found in Editors' Choice winners such as ProtonVPN or Mullvad VPN and the fact that it has yet to release a third-party audit to validate its privacy practices.
With no limitation on simultaneous connections, IPVanish offers a good value for money—especially for large families or device-heavy households. It charges a slightly above average price, and grants access to a robust network of servers across the globe. It's also notable for having extremely customizable server connection options.
A VPN service usually reduces download and upload speeds and increase latency. To compare the impact of each VPN on web browsing, we take a series of speed measurements using Ookla's Speedtest tool with and without the VPN running, and then find a percent change between the two. How we test VPNs has all the nitty-gritty details.
In our tests, we found IPVanish performed well across the board, placing it among the top eight of the ten fastest VPNs. Our results showed IPVanish decreased download speed test scores by 28.6 percent, and decreased upload speed test scores by 23.5 percent. IPVanish VPN was one of only three services that did not significantly increase latency.
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we've had to make some adjustments to how we test VPNs. Instead of testing all the products back-to-back, we perform groups of tests throughout the year. You can see the latest results in the table below.
